There is a kind of education that has almost disappeared from the world, the kind where you sit with one extraordinary life long enough to let it change the way you think about your own. Charlotte Mason knew this kind of education, and she built it into the heart of her method through Plutarch.
Over seven weeks, we will read the Life of Julius Caesar together in the Dryden translation, moving from the young Caesar concealing himself in the Sabine countryside to the moment he falls at the foot of Pompey's statue, and everything Plutarch traces in between. We will narrate, keep commonplace books, study six works of art paired to the reading, place Caesar's world on our timelines and maps, and gather weekly to discuss what we have found.
This is not a simplified overview of Roman history. It is a slow, attentive reading of one of the most irreducibly complicated men who ever lived, guided by a writer who believed that attending carefully to such a life could form the character of the person attending to it.
What is included:
Full course guide with narration pages, commonplace book guidance, timeline and map work, and a complete introduction to Plutarch and the Dryden translation
Six picture study pages, each pairing a specific work of art to the week's reading with observation prompts and space for your own notes
Charlotte Mason style exam questions drawn directly from the text for every session
Seven live sessions with guided discussion and an off social media group to continue conversations.
This course is for you if:
You want an education of your own.
You are already reading Plutarch with your children and want to meet the text as a reader in your own right.
You have not yet read Plutarch and feel intimidated.
You studied the Life of Brutus with this community and want to complete the picture by reading the man on the other side of the Ides of March.
You have always meant to read widely and deeply and you are ready to begin.
A note on the reading:
The Dryden translation reads with a stateliness and deliberateness that rewards slow attention. This course is designed for mothers who are willing to read carefully and bring what they have read into genuine conversation. No prior knowledge of Roman history or Charlotte Mason's method is required, only a willingness to take one remarkable life seriously.
There is a kind of education that has almost disappeared from the world, the kind where you sit with one extraordinary life long enough to let it change the way you think about your own. Charlotte Mason knew this kind of education, and she built it into the heart of her method through Plutarch.
Over seven weeks, we will read the Life of Julius Caesar together in the Dryden translation, moving from the young Caesar concealing himself in the Sabine countryside to the moment he falls at the foot of Pompey's statue, and everything Plutarch traces in between. We will narrate, keep commonplace books, study six works of art paired to the reading, place Caesar's world on our timelines and maps, and gather weekly to discuss what we have found.
This is not a simplified overview of Roman history. It is a slow, attentive reading of one of the most irreducibly complicated men who ever lived, guided by a writer who believed that attending carefully to such a life could form the character of the person attending to it.
What is included:
Full course guide with narration pages, commonplace book guidance, timeline and map work, and a complete introduction to Plutarch and the Dryden translation
Six picture study pages, each pairing a specific work of art to the week's reading with observation prompts and space for your own notes
Charlotte Mason style exam questions drawn directly from the text for every session
Seven live sessions with guided discussion and an off social media group to continue conversations.
This course is for you if:
You want an education of your own.
You are already reading Plutarch with your children and want to meet the text as a reader in your own right.
You have not yet read Plutarch and feel intimidated.
You studied the Life of Brutus with this community and want to complete the picture by reading the man on the other side of the Ides of March.
You have always meant to read widely and deeply and you are ready to begin.
A note on the reading:
The Dryden translation reads with a stateliness and deliberateness that rewards slow attention. This course is designed for mothers who are willing to read carefully and bring what they have read into genuine conversation. No prior knowledge of Roman history or Charlotte Mason's method is required, only a willingness to take one remarkable life seriously.
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